After reading Tony Ryb's blog about how it shouldn't take a PHD to get a wireless photo frame working I have to share my story of the Sharper Image wireless picture frame called the MemoryFrame from DigitalSpectrum Incorporated. This device is perhaps the most complicated and worst designed product I have ever used. It is buggy and a nightmare to get a WEP key into. In order to get the key in you have to put a file containing the key on an SD card and insert it into the device.

Even after spending countless hours on getting it to work properly on a WiFi network, I was disappointed that it didn't synchronize photos from the internet the way it is supposed to. It may have been my firewall causing the problem but who knows? Moreover, I have a Linksys firewall so if this access point is the problem, one would imagine the company would have found a way to work with the world's most popular consumer WiFi AP.

I think that if consumer electronics companies want to last for the long haul, they need to focus on making things simple. Especially at the ridiculously high price I paid ($350) for this frame from the Sharper Image.

The frame now goes for $250 on the Sharper Image website and it is still too much money for this frame in my opinion. I just cant recommend this product.

Is the wireless picture frame market just another area where Apple will eventually come into, make simple and gain 95% market share? Time will tell.

After reading Tony Ryb's blog about how it shouldn't take a PHD to get a wireless photo frame working I have to share my story of the Sharper Image wireless picture frame called the MemoryFrame from DigitalSpectrum Incorporated. This device is perhaps the most complicated and worst designed product I have ever used. It is buggy and a nightmare to get a WEP key into. In order to get the key in you have to put a file containing the key on an SD card and insert it into the device.\n\nEven after spending countless hours on getting it to work properly on a WiFi network, I was disappointed that it didn't synchronize photos from the internet the way it is supposed to. It may have been my firewall causing the problem but who knows? Moreover, I have a Linksys firewall so if this access point is the problem, one would imagine the company would have found a way to work with the world's most popular consumer WiFi AP.\n\nI think that if consumer electronics companies want to last for the long haul, they need to focus on making things simple. Especially at the ridiculously high price I paid (\$350) for this frame from the Sharper Image.\n\nThe frame now goes for \$250 on the Sharper Image website and it is still too much money for this frame in my opinion. I just cant recommend this product.\n\nIs the wireless picture frame market just another area where Apple will eventually come into, make simple and gain 95% market share? Time will tell.